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A Penn Vet Expert (and Cat Lover) Offers Advice on Aging Cats and Cognition
Has your tabby companion of 10 years started giving yowling serenades at 3 AM? Or perhaps your Siamese of a certain age has gone from a lifetime of Mr. Cool…
SAVMA Student Teaching Awards 2026
On Friday, April 10, the Penn Vet community gathered to honor students, faculty, and hospital staff during the annual SAVMA Student Teaching Awards. Recipients are selected by the student body…
Penn Today News
Stress tested, testing stress: Novel organoid models how the adrenal gland develops (link is external)
Researchers led by Penn Vet’s Kotaro Sasaki and Michinori Mayama have developed an organoid system that faithfully mimics how the human adrenal gland develops and forms complex tissue structures, providing…
Targeting tumor supporting cells: Advancing CAR T success in pancreatic cancer (link is external)
Research led by Penn Vet’s Ellen Puré has used lipid nanoparticles to generate CAR T cells directed at a type of tumor support cells—cancer-associated fibroblasts—melting away the protective barrier around…
Advancing veterinary medicine through interdisciplinary research (link is external)
For many, veterinary school is the gateway to a clearly defined career — diagnosing and treating animals in a clinical setting. But for Amanda Watkins, that journey took an unexpected…
In the Media
Louisville Courier Journal
How Barbaro’s tragic injury 20 years ago changed horseracing forever (link is external)
Bellwether Features
Unboxing a Pioneer’s Legacy
Born in 1919, Jane Hinton, V’49, came of age when opportunities for women in science and medicine were scarce — and for Black women, nearly nonexistent. expertise in poultry and…
A Love of Animals and the Land
The Penn Vet of Dean Snyder, V’54, was a very different place than today. So was the world.
Comforting Philanthropy
At Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital, world-class clinical care is matched with deep compassion for animals and the people who love them.
In the Office with Donna Kelly, DVM, MASCP, DACPV, DACVPM
Donna Kelly, DVM, MASCP, DACPV, DACVPM, shares her New Bolton Center office with the campus’s microbiology reference library.
For the media
Press Inquiry
For all press inquiries, please the form below. This form is for media purposes only. If you are an animal owner, contact Ryan Veterinary Hospital for Companion Animals or, for our large animal hospital, New Bolton Center.
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